Door-securing device.



e. E. ANDREWS. DOOR SECURiNG DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED J UNE 23. I915.

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Patented Sept. 3, 1918.

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" DOOR-SECURING DEVICE.

To all whom it may concern Beit-known that I, Gnonen EDMUND AN- nnnws, a subject of the King of Great Brit A ain, residing at Massey, Province of Oncarried in the pocket for instant use when required.

A further obJect of the mvention is to produce a door securing device of simple and effective construction which may be used by the traveling public for the purpose of securing the doors in hotels and other places of entertainment if the ordinary lock provided for that purpose should be defective.

With these and other ends in view which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawing has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the claim may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawing,

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing -the improved door securing device folded.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing its application to a door,

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view showing the device applied to a door and with the intermediate spacing leaf or filler in operation.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like characters of reference.

The improved device comprises two outer members A and B and an intern'iediate spacing member or filler C, the game being pivotally connected together near one end by 'a pivot member D.

The member A is provided near its outer Specification of Letters Patent. Patented-Sept;3,1918. Applicationffiled June 23, 1915. 'Ser'ia135,964. i

end, which is distant from thepivot member .D,, \'vith a laterally extending prong or spur ,15, and said member is also provided intermediate its ends with a laterally extending shoulder or offset 16. The member B terminates coincidently or in registry with the shoulder or offset 16 of the member A, said member B being enlarged at its outer end to form an abutment 17. The filler or spacing member C is of a length equal to that of the member A,"and said member to facilitate the use thereof may be slightly beveled or wedge-shaped in the direction of its length, as shown at 18. The face of the member B j next the spacing member C is provided With. an offset or boss 19, whereby the members B and C will be maintained in spaced re lation througlrthe greater portion of their respective lengths.

To use the improved device, the shoulder 16 of the member A is placed on the, edge of a door frame in such position that the closing of the door will serve to force the prong or spur 15 into the door amb, the n'lembers B and C being meanwhile swung to an outof-the-way position. The shoulder 16 constitutes a gage which enables the prong 15 to be placed at a proper distance from the face of the doorjamb, and it also serves to hold the member A securely against the dragging action of the door, the shoulder 16being preferablycurved, as shown, to enable the member A to rock as the prong 15-is being forced into the door amb. After the door has been closed, the member B is turnedabout the axis of the pivot D until the abutment 17 engages the face of the door which will thus be held securely. Should the crack between the door and the amb be of unusual width, the filler or spacing member may be moved into said crack prior to thi final setting of member B. The latter,

. being partly spaced from the filler,'may be readily actuated without undue frictional resistance. A door may in this manner be quickly and firmly secured against unauthorized entrance.

penetrate a door jamb and a laterally extending lug adapted to bear against the front of a jamb, a second member adapted to engage the face of a door, and a filler plate disposed between said members and extending to the end of said first named member, said'members and said filler plate being pivoted together, and said filler plate being gradually taperd throughout its, length to form a Wedge With its thickest portion adj acent the pivot and its thin edge the free end, said edge lying in a vertical plane, said filler plate being swingable toward the plane of said members for filling the space between the door and the jamb.

In testlmony whereof I affix my signature in presence-of tWo Witnesses.

GEORGE EDMUND ANDREWS.

. WVitnesses:

R. A. 'TEAsDALn, D. Hose.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). G. 

